Headwaters Foundation for Justice invested $ 130,000 in 13 organizations through its Community Innovation Grant program. The one-year, project-based grants were supported through a longtime partnership with the Bush Foundation.

The investments help Minnesota’s communities find more effective, equitable, and sustainable solutions to their challenges and opportunities. “Five years of Community Innovation grantmaking proves how important it is for funders to truly invest in communities and community leaders,” said Program Director Melissa Rudnick. “Headwaters will keep centering their voices in everything we do. We know communities have the wisdom and power to solve challenges, leverage opportunities, and grow stronger.”

The 13 Community Innovation Grant recipients (and their headquarter cities) are:

* All Parks Alliance for Change, Saint Paul
* Appetite for Change, Minneapolis
* Asian American Organizing Project, Saint Paul
* Centro de Trabajadores Undios en la Lucha, Minneapolis
* Exposed Brick Theatre, Saint Paul
* Good Food Purchashing Policy Twin Cities, Minneapolis
* Hispanic Outreach Program of Goodhue, Red Wing
* Navigate MN, Minneapolis
* Somali American Women Action Center, Minneapolis
* South Sudanese Foundation, Moorhead
* St. David's Center for Child and Family Development, Minnetonka
* Urban Homeworks, Minneapolis
* Voices for Racial Justice, Minneapolis

While we list headquartered cities above, several grantee organizations serve communities throughout Minnesota.

Applicants were asked to define their community, identify a challenge or opportunity, and outline their proposed solution. After an initial review, a committee of volunteer grantmakers reviewed applications against program criteria and made funding recommendations to the Headwaters Board of Directors.

Starting in 2020, Headwaters will offer Community Innovation grants two times per year. The first round of 2020 will open on Tuesday, February 18th at 9 a.m. Program staff will host information sessions—a mix of in-person and conference calls—throughout the application period. Dates and RSVP links will be posted on our website by early February.

Online applications are due at 5 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, March 17th, 2020. Organizations can request between $ 500-$ 15,000 in funding.

For more information, please visit our website <[link removed]>. If you have program-specific questions please contact Program Director Melissa Rudnick: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, 612-400-6266. Contact Grants and Program Associate Noelle Martinez with technical questions about using the online application portal: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; 612-400-6262.


























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